Pirro arraigned on Greenwich charges

Stamford Advocate

Staff Report

Updated 5:16 pm, Tuesday, July 17, 2012

FILE — Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, left, leaves the Federal Courthouse in White Plains, N.Y. with her husband Albert Pirro, after Mr. Pirro was sentenced to 29 months for tax evasion and conspiracy in this Nov. 1, 2000, file photo. The Pirros have put their New York and Florida homes on the market, fueling speculation that their 32-year marriage may be coming to an end. Jeanine Pirro's political career was damaged during her 2006 bid to become New York's attorney general when federal authorities announced they were investigating her attempt to eavesdrop on her husband because she suspected him of cheating on her again, with a woman who was the couple's friend. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)

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FILE — Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, left,...

Albert Pirro and his wife, Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, leave court at the end of the day during his federal tax evasion case in White Plains, N.Y., June 19, 2000. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
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Albert Pirro and his wife, Westchester County District Attorney...

FILE — Albert Pirro and his wife, Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, leave court at the end of the day in White Plains, N.Y., Monday, June 19, 2000. The federal tax evasion case against Albert Pirro went to the jury Monday afternoon after a month-long trial and two hours of instructions in the law. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

STAMFORD -- A renowned White Plains, N.Y. attorney and lobbyist, who served a federal prison sentence for tax fraud, was arraigned Tuesday on disorderly conduct and unlawful restraint charges involving a Greenwich incident last month.

Albert J. Pirro, of 5 Renaissance Square, did not enter a plea and is scheduled to return to court on Sept. 11.

Greenwich police charged Pirro after a June 15 incident at the J-House restaurant in the Riverside section of Greenwich after staff said he grabbed a woman's wrists and shook her to prevent her from leaving. Staff members said the dispute alarmed guests, and the female appeared to be in distress, police said.

Pirro, a Republican fundraiser, served an 11-month federal prison sentence for tax fraud in 2000 and 2001, and admitted that while he was married to Jeanine F. Pirro, a former Westchester District Attorney who is now a legal analyst with Fox News, he fathered a child with another woman.

Pirro was reinstated as a lawyer in January 2007, more than six years after he was disbarred for the tax fraud conviction.